Publications

Bringing you the latest independent views on health and social care from The King's Fund, all of our reports and findings from our projects are available to buy or download.

To order printed copies of our publications, please purchase online or contact publications@kingsfund.org.uk or 020 7307 2568.

London calling? The international recruitment of health workers to the capital publication cover

London Calling?

International recruitment of health workers to the capital
James Buchan, Renu Jobanputra, Pippa Gough
This research summary profiles London's international health care workforce for the first time, and examines the wider issues around the capital's heavy reliance on international health professionals.
Practice-led commissioning: Harnessing the power of the primary care frontline publication cover

Practice-led Commissioning

Harnessing the power of the primary care frontline
Richard Lewis
This paper aims to shape discussion about the benefits and risks of practice-led commissioning, in which primary care clinicians are involved in the commissioning process.
Enhancing the healing environment publication cover

Enhancing the Healing Environment

A guide for NHS trusts
Sarah Waller CBE, Hedley Finn
This practical full-colour guide and accompanying CD Rom, published in partnership with NHS Estates, shows how staff teams with no specialist knowledge can make dramatic changes to areas such as waiting rooms by making better use of existing resources.
Has the government met the public's priorities for the NHS? publication cover

Has the government met the Public's Priorities for the NHS?

A King's Fund briefing for the BBC 'Your NHS' day 2004
John Appleby, Steve Dewar, Pippa Gough, Janice Robinson
A briefing commissioned by the BBC to use as the basis for its 2004 'Your NHS' day. We look at progress in the top five areas of public concern for the NHS.
Prevention rather than cure publication cover

Prevention Rather Than Cure

Making the case for choosing health
Anna Coote
Argues for a health system geared towards keeping people healthy, and asks what mechanisms and incentives are needed to put health at the heart of attitudes, policy and behaviour.
The NHS Improvers front cover

The NHS Improvers

A study of the Commission for Health Improvement
Rudolf Klein, Patricia Day
A critical analysis of the Commission for Health Improvement. Can CHI's experience inform the future work of the newly formed CHAI?
Managing chronic disease publication cover

Managing Chronic Disease

What can we learn from the US experience?
Jennifer Dixon, Richard Lewis, Rebecca Rosen, Belinda Finlayson, Diane Gray
Explores how managed care organisations in the United States could support the development of models for the NHS to improve the way it manages chronic conditions.
Linking children's health and education publication cover

Linking Children's Health and Education

Progress and challenges in London
Kate Healey
This paper looks at the initiatives and strategies being used across London to raise children's levels of health and educational attainment.
Getting the right medicines? publication cover

Getting the Right Medicines?

Putting public interests at the heart of health-related research
Examines the long-established relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, and highlights potential conflict between the drive for profits and the public interest while suggesting ways forward.
Financing Mental Health Services in London - Central funding and local expenditure | by Fayaz Aziz, Paul McCrone, Seán Boyle, Martin Knapp

Financing Mental Health Services in London

Central funding and local expenditure
Fayaz Aziz, Paul McCrone, Seán Boyle, Martin Knapp
This working paper asks how spending patterns have changed since 1997, finding some positive outcomes, such as mental health grants allocation being linked to deprivation.
London's state of mind publication cover

London's State of Mind

The King's Fund mental health inquiry 2003
Ros Levenson, Angela Greatley, Janice Robinson
Our mental health inquiry considers what has changed for Londoners with mental health needs since our 1997 inquiry expressed serious concerns about services under extreme pressure.
Government and the NHS - TIme for a new relationship? publication cover

Government and the NHS: Time for a New Relationship?

Steve Dewar
Considers the case for setting up a new arm's-length NHS agency to improve service provision while freeing up government to consider the broader aspects of health care.
Community renewal and mental health publication cover

Community Renewal and Mental Health

Strengthening the links
Marsaili Cameron , Teresa Edmans, Angela Greatley , David Morris
Aims to help workers supporting people with mental health problems and community stakeholders understand each other's perspectives to produce an integrated approach to boosting social inclusion.
Ethnic diversity and mental health in London publication cover

Ethnic Diversity and Mental Health in London

Recent developments
Frank Keating, David Robertson, Nutan Kotecha
This paper looks at developments in mental health care for black and minority ethnic communities.
In capital health? publication cover

In Capital Health?

Creative solutions to London's NHS workforce challenges
James Buchan, Belinda Finlayson, Pippa Gough
London's population is growing but the NHS is having difficulty recruiting, retaining and deploying its health care workforce. How can it overcome these challenges?
What is the real cost of mental health? publication cover

What is the Real Cost of More Patient Choice?

This paper explores the policy issues, history and consequences of the government's move towards promoting choice for NHS patients.
Future directions for primary care trusts publication cover

Future Directions for Primary Care Trusts

Richard Lewis, Jennifer Dixon, Stephen Gillam
The government wants stronger market incentives and decentralisation of budgetary power. How can primary care trusts meet this challenge?
Can market forces be used for good? publication cover

Can Market Forces be Used for Good?

Julian Le Grand, Jennifer Dixon, Peter Smith
This report explores the trade-offs between equity of access and more patient choice, and opens up debate on how market forces could help shape the new NHS.
London's mental health workforce: A review of recent developments publication cover

London's Mental Health Workforce

A review of recent developments
Leena Genkeer, Pippa Gough, Belinda Finlayson
Examines how London's mental health workforce has changed since a mental health inquiry by The King's Fund raised concerns in 1997.
Sustaining reductions in waiting times: interim report publication cover

Sustaining Reductions in Waiting Times (interim report)

Identifying successful strategies
John Appleby, Tony Harrison, Sean Boyle, Nancy Devlin, Mike Harley, Louise Locock
Some trusts have been particularly successful at meeting government targets to reduce inpatient waiting times. This interim report considers the characteristics they share, and how they could be transferred to other trusts.

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